Stories tagged with: new orleans

• New Orleans' Baptist Friendship House marks 75 years

  by Trennis Henderson, WMU National Correspondent, posted Tuesday, December 31, 2019 (4 years ago)

  

  Photo by Pam Henderson/WMU

  NEW ORLEANS (BP) -- Baptist Friendship House has stood as a beacon of hope in the heart of New Orleans for 75 years. For the past 20-plus years, Kay Bennett has played a key role in sharing that hope with area residents in need.

  "What keeps me motivated is the fulfillment of watching God work miracles in people's lives," explained Bennett, who has served as Friendship House's executive director since 1997. Read More

• Mentoring initiative nurtures churches & seminarians

  by Gary D. Myers, posted Monday, August 20, 2018 (6 years ago)

  

  Photo by Chandler McCall

  NEW ORLEANS (BP) -- Noah Madden chose New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, in part, due to the lostness in the city. After spending his formative years in Canada, Madden wanted to be involved in Gospel witness outside the Bible Belt.

  Madden planned to immerse himself in the city, study at NOBTS and apply the practical aspects of ministry in a local church setting.

  Through a unique residency initiative at Lakeshore Church, Madden not only ... Read More

• Early church view on Jesus as God's Son debated

  by Marilyn Stewart, posted Wednesday, February 24, 2016 (8 years ago)

  

  Photo by Travis Milner

  NEW ORLEANS (BP) -- A noted evangelical-turned-agnostic and a well-known agnostic-turned-evangelical were the featured speakers at the 12th annual Greer-Heard Point-Counterpoint Forum at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.

  Bart D. Ehrman, author of numerous best-selling books including "How Jesus Became God," "Jesus, Interrupted" and "Misquoting Jesus," dialoged with Michael F. Bird, a lecturer in theology at Ridley College, Melbourne, Australia, and the editor of "How God Became Jesus" and author of the award-winning "The Gospel of the Lord." Read More

• New Orleans & Mid-America offer missionary housing

  by New Orleans Seminary & BP Staff, posted Monday, October 19, 2015 (8 years ago)

  NEW ORLEANS (BP) -- New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary are among numerous Baptist organizations relaying housing offers to the International Mission Board for missionaries returning stateside as part of the IMB budget drawdown. Read More

• KATRINA 2005-15: The story is still being written

  by Joe McKeever, posted Friday, August 28, 2015 (9 years ago)

  NEW ORLEANS (BP) -- From the divine perspective, 10 years is a blip, one nanosecond in a timeless eternity. For us earthlings, it's one-eighth of a life expectancy.

  Even so, it's a convenient time to pull over and take inventory. Since Aug. 29, 2005, when Hurricane Katrina changed New Orleans forever, everyone wants to know: "What is God doing in this city? How are things now?" Read More

• KATRINA 2005-15: Still in our 'mind & heart

  by David E. Crosby, posted Thursday, August 27, 2015 (9 years ago)

  NEW ORLEANS (BP) -- Survivors of Hurricane Katrina still share their stories, still experience the trauma in "mind & heart," New Orleans pastor David Crosby writes. "Our memories are not all pleasant, but they are powerful," he writes. "And they continue to shape the people that we are and will become." Read More

• KATRINA 2005-15: 'We remember'

  by David Hankins, posted Wednesday, August 26, 2015 (9 years ago)

  ALEXANDRIA, La. (BP) -- It's hard to believe it has been 10 years since Hurricane Katrina left her mark across southeast Louisiana. Who can forget how we felt when we saw the broken levees, the flooded homes and churches, the devastation at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, the Superdome refugees and the broken lives.

  Just a month later, approximately 200 miles to the west, Lake Charles and southwest Louisiana were coming to grips with the devastation left by Hurricane Rita. Read More

• Crime scenes provide ministry opportunity

  by Marilyn Stewart, posted Wednesday, January 28, 2015 (9 years ago)

  

  NEW ORLEANS (BP) -- Gun violence in New Orleans' quiet Gentilly neighborhood once was rare, but after four shootings rocked Gentilly Baptist Church in a year's time, pastor Ken Taylor decided something had to change. Read More

• Bible translation highlighted at NOBTS

  by Staff, posted Monday, November 10, 2014 (9 years ago)

  NEW ORLEANS (BP) -- In the world today, billions of people have a written text of Scripture in their language, but cannot read, while 180 million people have no Scripture in their language. Not the New Testament. Not one of the Gospels. Not one word. Read More

• Entity heads address messenger questions

  by Staff, posted Thursday, June 28, 2012 (12 years ago)

  NEW ORLEANS (BP) -- Messengers had opportunities to ask questions of the presidents of Southern Baptist entities during those entities' annual reports to the convention in New Orleans.

  Following are accounts of questions posed by messengers on the convention floor and responses by entity presidents. Not all entity presidents were asked questions.

  INTERNATIONAL MISSION BOARD

  Ron Wilson, a messenger from Wynnbrook Baptist Church in Columbus, Ga., asked two questions at the close of ... Read More